[Histonet] RE: CD8 or CD4 non Mouse primary

2009-05-25 Thread C.M. van der Loos
Hi Mark,Mouse CD4, clone 4B12 and Rabbit monoclonal CD8, clone SP16 is a good choice for your triple. Lots of success!Chris Chris van der Loos, PhD Dept. of Pathology Academic Medical Center M2-230 Meibergdreef 9 NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 10:22:14 -0700 From:

[Histonet] Whole rat skull decalcification protocol

2009-05-25 Thread TF
Hi alle i am writing to see if you can provide me any useful protocol in removing the calcium from whole rat skull fixed in PFA for frozen sections later on. I noticed there is use of 12% formic acid mixed in 6.25% formalin; or 4% HCl mixed with 8% formic acid; or,

[Histonet] Luxol fast blue-cresyl violet and DAB

2009-05-25 Thread Tyrone Genade
Hello, Anyone out there tried IHC/DAB on sections and thereafter stained with luxol fast blue-cresyl violet? I'm looking at neurogensis in the brain (optic tectum) of fish and want to be able to get a good idea of which OT layers the DAB+ nuclei are lying in. Any other suggestions for a

[Histonet] Accepting bids for EM work

2009-05-25 Thread Chana de Wolf
Hello, We are accepting bids from EM labs for the processing and imaging of 10 rat brains. We will need 20-25 images (cortex and possibly hippocampus) from each brain. Brains will be perfusion fixed, stored in post-fixative solution, and shipped to the EM lab for secondary fixation, processing,

RE: [Histonet] antigen retrieval-pressure cooker-CD44- CD24-canine tissue

2009-05-25 Thread pruegg
Anjan, I am more of a fan of steamer or waterbath than pressure cooker, in my= hands at altitude the pressure cooker can be very harsh and make my tissue= s fall off the slide or get chewed up badly. I know the pressure is s= upposed to be controled by the cooker but in